Heteronym work in such a mysterious ways…
I know a person I used to work with, and his name is also Elias, but he pronounced it as “EL-EE-as” (similar to Elliot, only softer).
Its the same with other names Regina (Ree-Jean-a, Ree-JAIY-na), Eli (E-lie, EL-ee, E-lee), etc…